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Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 to William Heath

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04762 Author/Creator: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 March 1778 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Written by General Burgoyne as a prisoner of war after his defeat at Saratoga in October 1777 to Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of the British prisoners of war previously commanded by Burgoyne. Says he is obliged by Heath's handling of his last dispatch and regrets the loss of any of Heath's men because of it. Asks for duplicates of Captain Dalrymple's parole to secure the transports and money he is arranging, presumably for Burgoyne's return to Britain, which took place on 5 April 1778. Postscript says Mr. Clarke has not heard from Heath's commissary yet. Letter is mounted to another sheet of paper. Third page that contains docket is pasted to the back of that sheet.

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

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